Percolator.



J. CHARVAT, Ja.

PERCOLATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6.?1918.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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provide` apercolator embodying a substany tially cylindrical foraminous body composed of 'a pair of detachably connectedvsections which are adapted to contain ground coffee and also to provide suspending means for suspending the body of the percolator within a suitable container, in a horizontal manner to permit swinging movement of the body within the container and also to permit rotary movement of the container about a horizontal axis, which movement together with the swinging movement will be imparted to the percolator by the boiling action of the water within the container, and further by mounting the body of the percola-tor within the container in a horizontal plane a greater surface area thereof will be presented to the upwardly traveling boiling water, increasing the percolating action.

Other obj ects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which drawing:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a container showing the improved percolator in place therein. i

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through a modied form of the percolator and Fig. 3 is a. section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, LA designates a suitable container for Water which is placed upon a stove or suitable tire for boiling the water therein, and the percolator structure is generically indicated by the letter B.

The percolator structure B comprises the foraminous substantially cylindrical body 1, the ends of which taper or converge toward the central axis of the body as clearly shown in the drawing. The body 1 is composedV of sections 2 and 3 which are detacha- -bly connected by means of pins 4 carried by the section 3 and bayonet slot-shaped depressions formed in a metal ring 6 which is Specification of Letters Patent.

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carried at the end of thel section 2 in which the inner end of the section 8 seats.

YThe body 1 has yeyes 7 and 48. rotatably connected to its ends and at the central axis ofthe body. Flexible suspending chains 9 are connected to the eyes '7 andv8 and they have hooksl 10 attached to their upper ends, whichfhooks engage over the edge of the` portion of the container 1 surrounding the inlet vk,11 -of the container. i The hooksA 10 are preferably shaped to snugly fit against and conform to the curvature of the surfaces, both inner and outer, of the portion of the container surrounding the inletl 11 thereof.

In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, a modi-` lied form of the percolator body is shown. This modified forrm is composed of sections 20 and 21 which are formed fromy thin sheet metal and when connected provide a substantially cylindrical body the ends of which taper toward the central axis thereof. The sections, 2O and 21 are provided struck annular bead 23 near its open end which formsV a stop for limiting the insert- `ing movements of the open end of the section 21 into the open end of the section 20. The section 21 carries pins 23, which Vpins engage in bayonetv slot-shaped outstruck portions 24 formed on the section 20 near its open end, for connecting the sections 2O and 21to prevent accidental disconnection thereof during the use of the percolato-r.

Attaching eyes 25 are rotatably connected to the ends of the body formed in the sections 20 and 21 and exible suspending chains or cords 26 are connected to the eyes 25. rlhe chains 26 are identical in construction with the chains 9, and they have hooks carried at theirupper ends for engagement with the portions of the container A surrounding the inlet opening of the f keeping the contents of the percolator body in an agitated state during the boiling of the Water Within the container and consequently permits of the utilization of all of the Havering ingredients of the contents of the body in the liquid, or coffee, being prepared within the container.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. In a percolator, a substantially cylindrical foraminous body, attaching eyes rotatably conected -to each end of the body at its central axis, flexible suspending means connected to said attaching mea-ns to support said body in a horizontal position Within a container, to permit the body to swing within the container, the connection between said attaching eyes and said body allowing the body to rotate about a horizontal axis.

In a percolator, a substantially cylindrical foraminous body having its end portions tapering toward the central axis thereof, attaching eyes rotatably connected to each end of said body at its central axis, flexible suspending means connected to said eyes, hooks carried by the free ends of said suspending means, said body composed of a pair of detachably connected sections, said hooks and suspending` means adapted to suspend the body horizontally Within a container to permit. swinging movement of the body and rotary movement about a horizontal axis longitudinally of the body.

JOHN CHARVAT, Jn.

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